Sentence examples for worked a while from inspiring English sources

She worked a while for the R. K. O. vaudeville circuit, later as understudy to Katherina Hepburn in "The Warrior's Husband".

The scheme worked a while, but soon he began to receive mail, & it was obvious that Mr. L. had managed to get on the mailing list of some firm which makes a business of selling names.

"That worked a while for us to varying degrees of success," he added.

Vandersteen, caught in the middle, worked a while for both, but eventually switched to the new owners of De Standaard.

I ran into someone who worked with someone with whom I worked a while back, and when this person's name came up, he said, "He brings nothing to the table.

My fingers stopped working a while ago.

Her plan was to work a while, then go back to school to study law.

I just need to keep working a while longer to make it as good as it can be.

I gave up trying to get my $129 Apple AirPort Express to work a while ago.

We worked a good while at putting things to rights.

That worked — for a while.